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Beyond NYC: Other places adapting to climate, too

Updated: Jun 17, 2013 12:11am

By KARL RITTER

Associated Press

BONN, Germany — From Bangkok to Miami, cities and coastal areas across the globe are already building or planning defenses to protect millions of people...

Odds and ends for June 17

Updated: Jun 17, 2013 12:11am

Brazilians protest cost of World Cup

Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06am

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Brazilians protest cost of World Cup

Updated: Jun 16, 2013 12:06am

By TALES AZZONI

Associated Press

BRASILIA, Brazil — At least 500 protesters complaining against the high cost of staging the World Cup rallied Saturday in front of the National Stadium...

Iranians cast votes for president

Updated: Jun 15, 2013 12:05am

By BRIAN MURPHY

Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran — Reform-minded Iranians who have faced years of crackdowns looked Friday to claw back a bit of ground in a presidential election that...

Russia opposes US action in Syria

Updated: Jun 15, 2013 12:05am

By DEB RIECHMANN

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration hopes its decision to give lethal aid to Syrian rebels will prompt other nations to beef up assistance, now that...

Commander of Nazi-led unit is discovered in US

Updated: Jun 15, 2013 12:05am

By DAVID RISING

Associated Press

BERLIN — A top commander of a Nazi SS-led unit accused of burning villages filled with women and children lied to American immigration officials to get...

Turkish PM meets with protesters after warning

Updated: Jun 14, 2013 7:31pm

Associated Press

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s prime minister was meeting with anti-government protesters early Friday, hours after giving them his “final warning” to end their occupation of a central...

UN: Nearly 93,000 killed in Syrian war

Updated: Jun 14, 2013 7:31pm

Associated Press

BEIRUT — Syrians are being killed at an average rate of 5,000 per month, the U.N. said Thursday as it raised the overall death toll in the civil war to nearly 93,000, with...

<p>Associated Press</p><p>Palestinian woman Sahar Kabaha, 33, sits beside her 10-year-old daughter Nashwa in the Arab-Israeli town of Bartaa on Wednesday. After her Israeli Arab husband died last year, Israel’s interior ministry refused to renew her permit to live in the Jewish state, effectively denying her the right to remain in the country, even though her four children are Israeli citizens. She now lives without legal papers and is appealing the decision.</p>

Israel separates Palestinians from spouses

Updated: Jun 14, 2013 12:05am

By DIAA HADID

Associated Press

BARTAA, Israel — When Israeli Arabs search for a spouse, they don’t just worry about looks, job prospects or future in-laws. They must think about...

Turkish government open to referendum to end protests

Updated: Jun 13, 2013 12:05am

By ELENA BECATOROS and JAMEY KEATEN

Associated Press

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s government on Wednesday offered a first concrete gesture aimed at ending nearly two weeks of street protests,...

Oldest person dies in Japan

Updated: Jun 13, 2013 12:05am

Associated Press

TOKYO — Japan’s Jiroemon Kimura, who had been recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest living person and the oldest man ever, died Wednesday of natural...

Incentive for Korea talks remains despite failure

Updated: Jun 13, 2013 12:05am

Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea dismantled the meeting table, pulled down the placards and rolled up the red carpet. Its intended guest, North Korea, has stopped answering...

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